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32-403: Thakore is the name of: Anand Thakore (born 1971), Indian poet and Hindustani classical vocalist Balwantray Thakore (1869–1952), Indian poet and playwright Dolly Thakore (born 1943), Indian actress Elakshiben Thakore (born 1936), Indian dancer See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Thakore Thakor ,

64-753: A 'deeper integration of ideas and meanings.' "Free verse," he says, "was driving me crazy. There was too much linguistic and cultural chaos in my head'." - Anupama Raju, The Hindu . In 2001 Anand Thakore co-founded Harbour Line - a publishing collective devoted to English verse on the Indian subcontinent. Harbour Line was founded in collaboration with poets Jane Bhandari, ( 'Aquarius',2002, ISBN   81-902981-1-9 ), Deepankar Khiwani ('Entr'acte', 2006, ISBN   81-902981-2-7 ) and Vivek Narayanan (Universal Beach, 2006, ISBN   81-902981-3-5 ). The verse of Waking in December , Thakore's first book shows

96-582: A child who grew up partly in England writing prose, Thakore evolved into a teenager who explored Braj lyrics, which he had to sing as a student of music. His love for poetry took him to literary greats who lived in Mumbai such as Adil Jussawalla, Dom Moraes and Gieve Patel who guided him through the jungle of words. But he considers Hart Crane as one of his earliest poetic influences ... The metre and discipline of traditional verse forms helped Thakore find

128-480: A live 'mehfil' in Mumbai with ragas Multani, Tilak Kamod, Darbari and Malkauns and is distributed by Underscore Records Pvt. ltd. World Literature Today World Literature Today ( WLT ) is an American magazine of international literature and culture, published at the University of Oklahoma . The magazine's stated goal is to publish international essays, poetry, fiction, interviews, and book reviews for

160-607: A musicians' salon, repeatedly creating space for interaction between musicians, connoisseurs,critics and musicologists. In 2006 he received a grant from the Charles Wallace India Trust to work on a collaborative experimental project with British composer and jazz-guitarist Pete Wyer . A participant in the Time Structured Mapping project, he collaborated with soprano Evelyne Beech, microtonal vocalist Toby Twining, Pianist Burkhard Finke and

192-494: A non-academic audience. It was founded under the name Books Abroad in 1927 by Roy Temple House, a professor at the University of Oklahoma. In January 1977, the journal assumed its present name, World Literature Today . The first issue of World Literature Today ( WLT ) was published in 1927 and was 32 pages in length. By the magazine's fiftieth year, the issues were more than 250 pages long. In 2006, WLT switched from

224-607: A passion for English literature and various Indian languages: Hindi , Urdu , Sanskrit and Braj Bhasha . In addition to writing poetry in English, he began, in his late teens, to compose his own Hindustani compositions with Braj and Hindi lyrics. He earned a BA in English Literature from the University of Mumbai where he also studied courses in Sanskrit literature . He then earned an MA in English Literature from

256-458: A quarterly to a bimonthly publication. House served as editor from 1927 until his retirement in 1949. Todd Downing , a Choctaw author and former student of House's, worked for the publication in varying capacities between 1928 and 1934. House was succeeded as editor by the German critic and novelist Ernst Erich Noth, who went on to edit the journal for ten years. During his tenure, Noth narrowed

288-402: A reverence for definite form and an interest in classical structures like the sonnet and the villanelle , exemplified in poems like Chandri Villa or What I can Get away with . This interest in classical forms is linked to his training as a Hindustani classical vocalist and composer. In 2006 he received a Charles Wallace India Trust grant for an experimental music-poetry collaboration in

320-574: A scholarship to study music full-time from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (India) . He then studied music for several years under Pandit Baban Haldankar of the Agra Gharana. This Taleem (training) familiarized him with a large number of Agra-Gharana compositions and various aspects of the Agra tradition: Bol-alaap , Nom-tom alaap and Layakari . Thakore's first professional concert

352-441: A subcaste of Koli community of Gujarat Thakor (name) , including a list of people with the name Thakur (title) , a historical feudal title of the Indian subcontinent Thakore Saheb of Rajkot (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Thakore . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding

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384-466: Is a classical singer shows in his imagery and complex patterns of sound, and in the texture of his verse. There is a song-like quality about his verse". Jeet Thayil writes about Anand Thakore in the book The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets (Newcastle: Bloodaxe, 2008)  : "Both cultures feed and animate his work. His poems have a line and weight reminiscent of mid-twentieth century British verse; his music reaches out to antiquity". "From

416-753: The Orchestra of the Swan on a piece called Four Bridges ; a score or Time Structured Map , with scope for improvisation, simultaneously recorded in various parts of the world. In 2009 Anand Thakore presented Sabadpiya Ki Khoj , a concert and presentation at the National Centre for the Performing Arts , Mumbai, focusing on his work as a composer of bandish-es composed under the Takhallus or pseudonym Sabadpiya ( sabadpiya implying lover of

448-871: The University of Pune . Anand Thakore has been writing verse in English since his teens. He is the author of three books of verse Elephant Bathing , Mughal Sequence and Waking in December . He has also authored a number of critical essays on music and poetry and a pamphlet of 'Khayal' lyrics in Hindi. Thakore's poems first appeared in Literature alive, a British Council Journal. His work has appeared in various national and international journals and anthologies since then. He has read work at major literary festivals Post-Colonial critic Bruce King points out in World Literature Today ( Vol. 75, No. 3/4, Summer - Autumn, 2001, p. 136) : "That Thakore

480-633: The Neustadt Prize, once described by The New York Times as the "Oklahoma 'Nobel ' " (February 1982), and the Nobel Prize itself is demonstrated in the number of convergences. Between 1970 and 2016, a total of 32 writers affiliated with the Neustadt Prize (as jurors, candidates, or winners) went on to receive the Nobel after their association with the Neustadt, including Tomas Tranströmer, who

512-683: The Nobel Prize. The award went to Thomas Mann , who won the Nobel Prize in 1929 and was a frequent contributor to World Literature Today . In 1948, WLT founding editor Roy Temple House was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize . When the South Central Modern Language Association held its annual meeting in Norman, Oklahoma , in October that year, the association formally endorsed Professor House for

544-669: The Solihull Chapel Choir. He has always maintained a strong interest in Western Classical music and jazz though fusion as such, is not his choice of form. On returning to Mumbai he trained for a while with Ustad Aslam Khan of the Atrauli Gharana ; though most of his training has been under Pandit Satyasheel Deshpande, senior disciple of Pandit Kumar Gandharva. Inspired by his Guru, Pandit Satyasheel Deshpande and Pandit Kumar Gandharva (whose music he had

576-508: The UK with composer and guitarist Pete Wyer . He has a number of recorded readings with music - both Hindustani and western- some now available with his books of verse. His poems and critical essays on music and poetry have appeared in leading national and international journals and anthologies. His poetry in included in Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry ( United States ). Anand Thakore

608-640: The UK, he received instruction in Western choral singing and violin. On returning to Mumbai he studied Hindustani vocal music under Ustad Aslam Khan and Pandit Satyasheel Deshpande, senior disciple of Pandit Kumar Gandharva . He gave his first public performance at the Vitaan Festival of Music and Dance, 1989, hosted by the Sheriff of Mumbai. He has been giving public concerts and ' mehfils ' regularly since. While learning music he simultaneously developed

640-506: The founding of World Literature Today , the magazine's editors have encouraged debate about the annual presentation of the Nobel Prize in Literature . In 1940, the publication hosted a "Super-Nobel" election in which contributors and other specialists were invited to choose the writer they felt had offered the most significant contribution to world literature in the first third of the 20th century, regardless of whether that writer had won

672-465: The good fortune to listen to at close quarters), Anand Thakore began to compose his own compositions at the age of sixteen, working with Hindi Lyrics in the traditional form known as the Bandish . In addition to being taught a host of traditional compositions from different gharana-s and sources, he was also initiated into various aspects of gayaki ( i.e. modes of improvisation and raga-development) and he

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704-460: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thakore&oldid=1209052992 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Anand Thakore Anand Thakore was born in Mumbai in 1971. His father Sandeep Thakore

736-549: The prize. The Spring 1981 issue of WLT was devoted entirely to the presentation of the members of the Swedish academy, many of whom were successful creative writers in their own right. In 1951, the Nobel Foundation chose the University of Oklahoma Press to issue the first English-language edition of its authoritative volume, entitled Nobel: The Man and His Prizes . Also, the often-synchronistic relationship between

768-529: The role in 1967. In 1977, the name of the magazine was changed from Books Abroad to World Literature Today . Robert Con Davis-Undiano, Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma, became the editor of WLT in 1999. World Literature Today sponsors the biennial Neustadt International Prize for Literature , the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature , and the annual Puterbaugh Festival of International Literature and Culture. Since

800-617: The scope of the publication to writers of the 20th century and focused on reviewing only books that had been published no more than two years earlier. He also introduced a new feature, "Periodicals in Review" (sometimes appearing as "Periodicals at Large"), which surveyed the policies and initiatives of several literary journals from Europe, the Americas, and throughout the world. Viennese scholar Wolfgang Bernard Fleischmann directed WLT for about two years beginning in 1959. In 1961, Fleischmann

832-517: The word and reminiscent of Agra gharana pen-names like Ustad Khadim Hussain Sajan piya etc.) The event brought together his work both as a composer in Hindustani Raga and Tala and as a lyric-writer in Hindi. A pamphlet of the words of these compositions brought out by Kshitij was also published at the event. Guldasta-e-Khayal (2011) is his latest Hindustani classical CD. The CD features

864-582: Was a sitar enthusiast and a disciple of the late Ustad Mohammed Khan Beenkaar. As a child he was fascinated by Hindu Mythology and Indian classical music and dance . His Grandmother, Kapila Thakore was an award-winning Gujarati children's writer and translator. He spent a part of his childhood in the UK and has lived in India since then. He was educated at Solihull School , in the West Midlands, and at Cathedral and John Connon School , Mumbai. While in

896-609: Was at the Vitaan Festival of Music and Dance 1989, hosted by the Sheriff of Mumbai. He has accompanied his Guru-s and performed across the country as a soloist at mehfil-s and music festivals since then. In 2001 he co-founded Kshitij, an interactive forum for musicians, devoted to the spirit of the live Hindustani mehfil . Kshitij was founded in collaboration with vocalists Sanjeev Chimmalgi , Kedar Bodas, Krishna Bhat and Tabla accompanist Rupak Kharvandikar. The group has organized concerts of senior and younger artists in semi-private soirees as well as public auditoriums. It also functions as

928-586: Was encouraged to seek out his own mode of presentation and expression. He played a supportive role in the musicological research and documentational activities at the Samvaad Foundation run by his Guru, where he had the good fortune to interact with a wide spectrum of artists of the older generation; to vocally accompany and comparatively analyse the music of such stalwarts as Ustad Salamat Ali, Pandit Ramashreya Jha , Pandit K G Ginde , and Pandit Sharadchandra Arolkar, amongst others. In 1994 he received

960-463: Was judge and a co-editor for the first Montreal International Poetry Prize (2011) with Valerie Bloom , Fred D'Aguiar , John Kinsella and Stephanie Bolster , amongst others. Thakore's poetry has appeared in the following anthologies amongst others: As a child, Anand Thakore learnt Hindustani vocal music, sitar and Tabla . When the family moved to England for a period, he studied rudimentary western musical theory, and violin and sang soprano in

992-578: Was succeeded by Czech émigré Robert Vlach, a professor of modern languages at the University of Oklahoma. Vlach established a new review section in the journal devoted to Slavic languages . He also initiated the Books Abroad symposia, which took place at the annual convention of the Modern Language Association . After Vlach's death in 1966, former Assistant Editor Bernice Duncan briefly served as editor until Ivar Ivask assumed

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1024-505: Was the 1990 Neustadt laureate and 2011 Nobel laureate. In late 2000, the editors worked with 40 scholars to establish a list of the "Most Important Works in World Literature, 1927–2001", a project organized and timed to help celebrate WLT ' s 75th year of uninterrupted publication. The top-40 list was chosen by specialists with the non-specialist in mind, to invite response and debate among readers and writers. In addition,

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